Title:
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE TRANSFER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/034685
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A post ( 200 ) extending from a medical device facilitates transfer of the device between first and second support structures. Each of the first and second structures includes a mounting receptacle ( 115, 151 ), configured to receive the post, fitting either tightly or loosely thereabout, depending on a position of the post along an axis of the receptacle. When the first receptacle ( 115 ) holds the post and is moved in a first direction, the post may be moved into the second receptacle ( 151 ), which is then moved in a second direction, to tighten the second receptacle and loosen the first receptacle about the post. When the second receptacle holds the post, the first receptacle may be moved in the first direction, until the post enters the first receptacle, and, then, the second receptacle may be moved in a direction opposite to the second direction, to loosen the second receptacle and tighten the first receptacle about the post.
Inventors:
WROLSON DARRYL T (US)
BORLAUG TOM H (US)
PLAGER STEVEN P (US)
SCOTT DAVID D (US)
BORLAUG TOM H (US)
PLAGER STEVEN P (US)
SCOTT DAVID D (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/046263
Publication Date:
May 26, 2011
Filing Date:
August 23, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ACIST MEDICAL SYS INC (US)
WROLSON DARRYL T (US)
BORLAUG TOM H (US)
PLAGER STEVEN P (US)
SCOTT DAVID D (US)
WROLSON DARRYL T (US)
BORLAUG TOM H (US)
PLAGER STEVEN P (US)
SCOTT DAVID D (US)
International Classes:
A61G7/05; A61G13/10; F16M11/04; F16M11/20; F16M13/02
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2005037163A2 | 2005-04-28 |
Foreign References:
| US20080217910A1 | 2008-09-11 | |||
| US20070138354A1 | 2007-06-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BELDEN, Elisabeth, L. et al. (P.A.200 South Sixth Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis MN, US)
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